Antiangiogenic and Neurogenic Activities of Sleeping Beauty-Mediated PEDF-Transfected RPE Cells In Vitro and In Vivo

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a potent multifunctional protein that inhibits angiogenesis and has neurogenic and neuroprotective properties. Since the wet form of age-related macular degeneration is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV), PEDF would be an ideal candidate t...

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Main Authors: Sandra Johnen, Yassin Djalali-Talab, Olga Kazanskaya, Theresa Möller, Nina Harmening, Martina Kropp, Zsuzsanna Izsvák, Peter Walter, Gabriele Thumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/863845